I've just made stonkingly good chilli.
As you were.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:38, 7 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

Oh yeah?

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:43, Reply)

YEAH!
It was delightful.

What have you done this evening?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:46, Reply)

Watched Darth on the TV.
Did some sewing.
Downloaded some new tunes on my ipod.
Bought a new handbag.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:48, Reply)

What pleased you most?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:50, Reply)

Erm......................
buying the handbag.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:52, Reply)

Go on then....
*Sighs*

What's it like? Where did you get it?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:53, Reply)

*grins*
www.asos.com/Asos/Asos-Premium-Washed-Leather-Double-Zip-Satchel/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1047043&cid=8730&Rf44=342&Rf-200=10&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Chocolate
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:55, Reply)

I knew a bloke who was in love with similar bags.
There were two in particular he loved more than any others.

Yes, that's right. He was bi-satchel.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:59, Reply)

Well at least you've not groaned at the price.

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:00, Reply)

Nah, it's discounted innit.
And if that is how you want to spend your money, who am I to question it?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:04, Reply)

Ooh, I like that
if both the bag and the price were a bit smaller, I'd probably buy it...
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:06, Reply)

I like how it suggests completing the look with a bra.

( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:07, Reply)

what does he sound like?

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:50, Reply)

Gay

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:52, Reply)

He was in good company with another bent chap by the name of Adam

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:52, Reply)

They were both simply divine darlings!

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:53, Reply)

To be fair though
Darth did not sound the gayest there. Fairly gay, but not the most gay.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:56, Reply)

Yeah I definitely had Adam up on the gayness stakes, looks like Darth got to pummel someone else's arse for a change

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:01, Reply)

STOP BEING MEAN ABOUT MARTIN
You terrible internet bully.

You have a FRIGHTENING reputation as a troll.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:07, Reply)

Poor Martin, he seems to spend his day analysing peoples communication problems by telling them to turn their computer off and back on again
I thought that's what India was for
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:09, Reply)

+ doing ysing peoples communication problems by telling them to turn their computer off and back on again
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:12, Reply)

Ann asked him if he was so dull that he had to stick metal in his ears to make him interesting.
She also berated a fat woman for only being good at eating.

She'd fit in well on here.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:15, Reply)

maybe she secretly is?

(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:15, Reply)

Maybe!
Sorry to hear about the jetlag, love. The only think I do is don't even think about what time it is here. Makes it easier for me but the most I've had to deal with is 8 hours. 12 I can imagine is just pure hell.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:21, Reply)

I've been awake since 3am here, and just feel wide awake and normal.
it's annoying the shit out of me.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:29, Reply)

:(
Hope you get back into a routine soon...
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:35, Reply)

I'm sure I will eventually.
just really been busy since I got back. haven't even finished unpacking yet.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:44, Reply)

Why not have a couple of glasses of wine, and then go back to bed again?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:36, Reply)

Don't really drink much.
plus it's 10am now and I have things I need to do today.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:01, Reply)

Have you considered becoming semi-nocturnal?
I know a few people who have tried it for a week or two and found it a strangely interesting experience. _{I realise this suggestion is probably not helpful to your sleep-deprived self at this time.}
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:06, Reply)

I don't think it's a possibility that needs considering, since I am that at the moment.
falling asleep at 4pm in the afternoon - waking up at 3 am... may as well be nocturnal to an extent.

In other, tragic news, I have discovered two of my favourite pairs of shoes have succumbed to a mouldy death :(
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:08, Reply)

Don't be too upset.
They'll have gone to heaven.

You see, shoes have soles.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:13, Reply)

you deserve a good spanging for that.
I really wish I hadn't come home. It seems like I've just come back to my parents arguing constantly and cracking it with each other.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:18, Reply)

My sister lived in Australia for 5 years
(having been out on a 6 month tourist visa), she hating coming back.

Granted, she got deported and she had a nice life out there, but that aside, all the little things that people normally brush off were amplified in her mind as she was missing her old/more recent life.

When do you go away to Uni? If you can remain sane until then you can use your desire to get back over here to motivate yourself into achieving it.

I'm glad you enjoyed your UK break though, obviously you said the snow and the people you were with were highlights, what else do you look back on fondly?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:22, Reply)

I go to uni in three weeks.
I was planning on tutoring and babysitting while at uni. And maybe working casually at the local superstore.

I really loved the countryside, and the history - your buildings are so old and often there's great stories behind them. It's a beautiful place to live. Plus I met someone and grew quite attached to them, so I'm really missing them at the moment.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:29, Reply)

Well it sounds like you'll need no motivation to get where you want and need to be.
I'm guessing there are still a load of buildings and shit you never found time to see.

Bath is a lovely part of the world, so pencil that in when you come back!

I remember when my sister lived in Australia, it was 'pre Internet' so it was weekly air-mail letters and monthly phone calls lasting a couple of minutes. At least these days, with things like Skype, things are a little easier, even if they aren't perfect.

Take it you are over your concerns about flying now?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:33, Reply)

No. I cried on the plane home because it was turbulant and I was convinced the plane was going to fall out of the air and that I was going to die.
I know I'll get back, mum's not happy about it though.
(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:43, Reply)

She has probably just missed you.
And the chances are, you've changed quite a bit since you've been away. I'm guessing you're more confident and independent than you were before you left, close?

Or does your mum have other concerns?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:46, Reply)

My sympathies on the shoe front. Both my pairs of shoes now have a hole in them you can actually see through.
At least yours have suffered an unholy fate.

On the jetlag front, I know a professor who used to work 7am-4pm each day, which presumably entailed getting up some time between 5 and 6am. She's now head of our department, so clearly good things can come of an esoteric routine. Though you might do better to just fight off the jetlag. I'm told that having a day or two where you force yourself to stay awake until 10 or 11pm will just about force your circadian cycle back into shape. Admittedly you'll have to force yourself to stay awake for an extra 6 hours, but you know, it's not like you have to navigate a frozen Belgian city in that state of mind.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:22, Reply)

god that was an adventure wasn't it??

(Poppet some assembly required., Wed 2 Feb 2011, 23:47, Reply)

I've done no sewing for over a week now

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:53, Reply)

I love doing a bit of sewing.
I have some more to do tomorrow for my mum.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:56, Reply)

My Singer's playing up
and I want to make a gingham full apron with a half-circle skirt.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:01, Reply)

I had fishfingers and beans
I was too grumpy to make anything else.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:48, Reply)

Why are you grumpy berk?
The interview sounds like reason to be positive.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:50, Reply)

From earlier still
found out something I wish I hadn't. Also I played like a spaz at tennis. And whilst the interview is reason to be positive I'm also shitting myself, of course.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:52, Reply)

Sorry to hear that mate.
Did you have* the hot tennis coach this evening?

*coaching you, rather than 'wayhaay!'
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:57, Reply)

No, sadly not
I'm signed up to a course that's taught by someone else. But my babysitting hours are due to change soon, so for the next course I'll make sure I'm signed up with the hot coach.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:58, Reply)

You might be in Scotland by then.
*PMA*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:00, Reply)

Eh?

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:01, Reply)

What? PMA?
Positive Mental Attitude.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:02, Reply)

Nah, courses are only 10 weeks
or 12, I forget. New course will be after easter, and another one in the summer probably. I won't go - wherever I end up going - until October.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:02, Reply)

My chilli was 'acceptable'

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:50, Reply)

How come it was only acceptable?
I followed this recipe

www.waitrose.com/recipe/Chilli_con_Carne.aspx
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:52, Reply)

I do like having an internet husband who can cook.

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:53, Reply)

Would you like a byte?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:55, Reply)

I'll take as much as I can RAM down my throat.

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:58, Reply)

I'll bet you've got the appitite of a MOUSE
Or do you have to MONITOR your intake?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:02, Reply)

No more punning.
I'm off to bed.

Goodnight!
Don't forget to turn off all the lights.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:04, Reply)

Do I need to put the cat out?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:06, Reply)

Yes please : )

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:07, Reply)

I made it with Quorn because I'm on a diet.
And no puree and no sugar.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:53, Reply)

That's more or less the recipe I use
too many kidney beans though.

EDIT - *belm* it's not too many for the amount of mince used there.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:54, Reply)

I'm not a huge fan of the kidney bean, so I don't put too many in.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:55, Reply)

I use one of those half tins.
But that's to serve 2 people
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:02, Reply)

I will be having left over alfredo
I don't really like chilli
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:51, Reply)

What's alfredo?

(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:52, Reply)

He's an accountant. Lol

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:54, Reply)

Pfft.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:55, Reply)

Don't you pfft me.
It's not as bad as some of your jokes.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:58, Reply)

It was a little chuckle.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:01, Reply)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fettuccine_alfredo

Too creamy for me.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:54, Reply)

That's just cheesy pasta!
posh-sounding cheesy pasta, but nevertheless...
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:59, Reply)

I thought alfredo had chicken in it

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:03, Reply)

I know a
al fred +d o has chocolate in it.

And I also know I've not had one in years.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:33, Reply)

I made a recipe
that Gonz told me about some time ago. Prawns, garlic, sundried tomatoes, pasta. Tasty and a bit like real cooking
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 21:54, Reply)

god i love sun dried tomatoes but they're so expensive

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:08, Reply)

this
I could eat them until I became one then I'd eat me
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:40, Reply)

Ooh give us your recipe Jeff
I've been thinking about trying a chili, possibly using the slow cooker.

EDIT: Wait, I see it.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:06, Reply)

Evening Lighty.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:16, Reply)

Do you do the "lift the meat out, reduce the juices" step?
Or more like what they say in the comments?
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:19, Reply)

It depends on the meat.
If when browning the meat it looks a bit fatty and therefore the sauce is going to be fatty I will, otherwise, I'll add the rest of the ingrediants earlier and just let it simmer away.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:24, Reply)

I did that last week, it's great.
Mine was an odd one though, I didn't use kidney beans in it. You can though, entirely customisable

I used 3 rashers of bacon, 8 slices of fresh chorizo, 2 large carrots, a courgette, 600g of mince, 2 tins tomatoes, 1 tin sweetcorn, 2 red peppers, 2 medium onions, pack of chestnut mushrooms, then I cheated and used spice mixes, black pepper, salt, lazy chilli (or a scotch bonnet, deseeded) and lea & perrins.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:42, Reply)

I'm eating chilli every day at the moment, it's phenomenal
You're missing 3 things that could massively improve your chilli from that recipe though, chestnut mushrooms, bacon and chorizo.

Especially when you fry the onions and mushrooms in the oil from the fried chorizo, phwoar!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:38, Reply)

Mushrooms in chilli?
you're just weird. Chorizo fair enough, not sure about bacon though. And definitely not mushrooms.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:42, Reply)

Until 2 weeks ago, I didn't like mushrooms.
Start by cutting the bacon & chorizo up into small, rough pieces, scissors are best. Fry the bacon on low, before adding the chorizo. About 20 seconds later, add a small glug of vegetable/olive oil, and cook slowly. The oil will turn an orangey red.

After about 5-8 minutes, the bacon and chorizo will be cooked, remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, taking no oil. Then, throw in your chopped mushrooms, and toss the pan so they're well coated in oil. 2 minutes later, add the onion, and cook them on low, so the oil is all soaked up.

Makes the mushrooms fantastic, and the sauce takes a nice bit of spice it wouldn't usually get.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 22:45, Reply)